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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

In sex, happiness hinges on keeping up with the Joneses

Thinking that we are having more sex than other people makes
us very happy

Using national survey data and statistical analyses, Tim
Wadsworth of the University
of Colorado Boulder found
that people reported steadily higher levels of happiness as they reported
steadily higher sexual frequency.

But, he also found that even after controlling for their own
sexual frequency, people who believed they were having less sex than their
peers were unhappier than those who believed they were having as much or more
than their peers.

“There’s an overall increase in sense of well-being that
comes with engaging in sex more frequently, but there’s also this relative
aspect to it, having more sex makes us happy, but thinking that we are having
more sex than other people makes us even happier.”

Professor Wadsworth’s findings entitled, “Sex and the
Pursuit of Happiness: How Other People’s Sex Lives are Related to our Sense of
Well-Being,” was recently published in Social Indicators Research.

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